Fortunately for Cowboys fans, Lee didn’t enter into the family business. Lee comes from a family of lawyers, including his grandfather, Donald J. Lee, a former federal judge in Western Pennsylvania who was given a lifetime appointment by President George H. W. Bush. Lee’s father, Craig, and uncles Christopher and Kevin were also lawyers. “Maybe as a kid I thought about becoming a lawyer, but then I got good at [football] and it became my focus,” Lee told SportsDay’s Barry Horn.

Former Cowboys safety Darren Woodson joined Ben and Skin. on KESN-FM 103.3 this week. Here are some highlights:

On Sean Lee's injury and if losing one guy can cause the defense to implode:

It depends on who it is. If it’s a guy like Sean Lee,
listen, I always compare great players of this era to guys that played with me
and played at a high level, especially on our Super Bowl teams. Could this
player, like a Sean Lee or DeMarcus Ware play on that 1993 Dallas Cowboys team,
which was a Super Bowl team and was loaded with talent. A guy like DeMarcus
Ware, no doubt about it. A guy like Jason Witten, no doubt about it. Those guys
probably would’ve started and had spectacular careers. And Sean Lee is one of
those guys. I know it’s early in his career, but he is one of those guys that
could’ve played at any time in any era and made a huge contribution. The one
thing about Sean Lee is this: not only is he a great tackler and is aggressive
at the line of scrimmage and he gets sideline to sideline, but now you’re
missing a quarterback. You’re missing the guy who makes all the front seven
calls, gets everyone lined up. His work ethic during the week of practice is
unnatural, and guys – even the older guys, the guys that have been there a much
longer time – look to him for guidance because he’s such a hard worker as far
as preparing for games and being the quarterback of that defense. So can you
replace Sean Lee? No. Dan Connor’s going to come in and do his best, but they’re
missing a huge cog that can play so aggressively.

On Jerry Jones changing expectations after the Lee injury:

I didn’t see it like that. I understand what Jerry’s talking
about. Jerry’s saying, “Hey listen, if you lose key guys, it’s hard to replace
those types of players.” It was hard to replace Jay Ratliff early in the
season. They struggled without him. We saw with Anthony Spencer that they
struggled without him. They weren’t the same team with Butler on the outside. They’re not as
physical on the edges without Spencer out there. So it does change the identity
of your team when you lose a certain guy. The Baltimore Ravens have struggled
even when Ray Lewis was out there, but they’re still missing that leadership guy
that got guys lined up and did the right thing and worked hard at practice. So
there’s lots of little nuances that you miss when you lose a guy like Sean Lee
or Jay Ratliff. The expectations are going to be a little different. Let’s face
it, this team defensively, even with Sean Lee and the guys they had, that could
stop everyone on every drive. They weren’t a dominant defense. But if you lose
a guy like Sean, then you’re really in a hole because you’re not that same,
physical team.

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